DRT has an emergency: JDAW to the rescue!

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{reserved for arrangements if an emergency occurs}
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Re: Will there be an emergency on Wednesday 10th July?

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I hear sirens.
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I predict 43yr old men with (at least one) 43yr old bottles. Sadly I will be in Crawley :(
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PhilW wrote:I predict 43yr old men
No likely attendee is 43.
PhilW wrote:with (at least one) 43yr old bottles.
I might bring my G70.
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jdaw1 wrote:I might bring my G70.
I've already adopted it. You'll have to bring something else.
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DRT wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:I might bring my G70.
I've already adopted it. You'll have to bring something else.
OK. Not that I have very many ordinary-size bottles to hand.
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jdaw1 wrote:
DRT wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:I might bring my G70.
I've already adopted it. You'll have to bring something else.
OK. Not that I have very many ordinary-size bottles to hand.
As it is an emergency it would be perfectly acceptable to just have the G70 followed by beer and a cigar, unless more volunteers decide to join us.
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jdaw1 wrote:
PhilW wrote:I predict 43yr old men
No likely attendee is 43.
PhilW wrote:with (at least one) 43yr old bottles.
I might bring my G70.
I am 43 years old, but it is correct to say unlikely to be able to attend if it proves to be Wednesday!
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The storm clouds are gathering. Try as I might I cannot find a way to avert the emergency.

Should I change the thread title?
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DRT wrote:Should I change the thread title?
Title changed.
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At this tasting will be two fine bottles. And only two brave men to drink them.

Oh well.
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Into the valley of death rode the brave two...
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DRT wrote:Into the valley of death rode the brave two...
Port to right of them,
Beer to left of them,
Cigars in front of them
Cut’d and Light’d;
Storm’d at with sugar and smoke,
Boldly they drank and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of bliss
Rode the two.


Hmmm. Maybe more work needed.
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Actually, should this emergency be vintage port? London is having a heatwave. Is G70, and other VP of like quality, best used this Wednesday? How about a beer emergency?
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Well, I wish that I could be there tonight,
I'm in Crawley which just cannot be right,
I brought port in case I get away fast,
But the time for wishful thinking has passed,
No Dow to the left of me,
Nor Graham's to the right,
Here I am, wishing that I was with you

[edit:
Looks like the evening could have switched to beer while I posted - the trial of Crawley becomes easier to bear.
However, now what *will* JDAW do with his unexpected G70 find...]
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PhilW wrote:Well, I wish that I could be there tonight,
I'm in Crawley which just cannot be right,
I brought port in case I get away fast,
But the time for wishful thinking has passed,
No Dow to the left of me,
Nor Graham's to the right,
Here I am, wishing that I was with you

[edit:
Looks like the evening could have switched to beer while I posted - the trial of Crawley becomes easier to bear.
However, now what *will* JDAW do with his unexpected G70 find...]
Crawley? My neck of the woods!

Is it a regular trip? If you are ever local overnight, let me know....

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jdaw1 wrote:Actually, should this emergency be vintage port? London is having a heatwave. Is G70, and other VP of like quality, best used this Wednesday? How about a beer emergency?
Good call. My last meeting of the day is in Victoria Street. Is that a good location for your travel or is there a better place to meet?
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Victoria Station convenient for me.
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17:30 at the pub that I can never remember the name of? (Prince of Wales, Duke of York or other variant)
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The Duke of York, 130-134 Victoria St, London, SW1E 5LA?
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jdaw1 wrote:The Duke of York, 130-134 Victoria St, London, SW1E 5LA?
That's the one.
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This is an international crisis. I feel a strong sense that others, in distant cities and towns, will be joining with you to fight it, wherever they may be. Travelling back from Scotland to Ireland, for instance, I have a great sense of foreboding. Already I have received one text message which suggests to me that the beer emergency is general there too.
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This is exactly the sort of contagion that the world's experts have been worried about. It is our duty to solve the crisis as soon as possible.
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Will be there about 6pm.
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